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Tag Archives: Mads Mikkelsen
Flickering Lights AKA Blinkende lygter (2000) Anders Thomas Jensen, Søren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen
Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner Read More »
Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky (2009) Jan Kounen, Anna Mouglalis, Mads Mikkelsen, Elena Morozova
Paris 1913. Coco Chanel is infatuated with the rich and handsome Boy Capel, but she is also compelled by her work. Read More »
The Door (2009) Anno Saul, Mads Mikkelsen, Jessica Schwarz, Valeria Eisenbart
David Andernach (Mads Mikkelsen) lives non-chalantly at the height of his success as a painter Read More »
Mona’s World (2001) Jonas Elmer, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Mads Mikkelsen
A Danish comedy about Mona, who suddenly has a lot to deal with after being taken hostage at a bank robbery, then chased by the love sick bank robber. Read More »
Flammen & Citronen / Flame And Citron (2008) Ole Christian Madsen, Thure Lindhardt, Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Stengade, Drama, History, Thriller
During Nazi occupation, red-headed Bent Faurschou-Hviid (“Flame”) and Jørgen Haagen Schmith (“Citron”), assassins in the Danish resistance, take orders from Winther, who’s in direct contact with Allied leaders. Read More »
Valhalla Rising (2009) Nicolas Winding Refn, Mads Mikkelsen, Maarten Stevenson, Alexander Morton, Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
For years, the fearsome figure known only as One Eye (Mads Mikkelsen – PUSHER, FLAME & CITRON, CASINO ROYALE) has defeated everyone he’s encountered, but he’s treated more like an animal than a warrior. Read More »
Adams æbler / Adam’s Apples (2005) Anders Thomas Jensen, Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nicolas Bro, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Ivan is a priest in a rural church known for the apples that grow on a large tree in front. He’s odd: seeing the world through rose-colored glasses, in denial about personal facts, and convinced he’s at war with Satan. The rectory is a half-way house for recently paroled convicts. Adam arrives for 12 weeks, a large, tough neo-Nazi, first baffled by Ivan’s thick-headed optimism, then angry. He vows to break Ivan’s faith. Meanwhile, in exasperation at Ivan’s insistence, Adam sets a personal goal: to bake an apple pie. All goes awry for the tree: crows, worms, lightening. The Book of Job gives Adam perverse insight, and his hooligan mates provide the resolution’s spring.
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After the Wedding / Efter brylluppet (2006) Susanne Bier, Mads Mikkelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Rolf Lassgård, Art-house, Drama
Jacob Petersen has dedicated his life to helping street children in India. When the orphanage he heads is threatened by closure, he receives an unusual offer. A Danish businessman, Jørgen, offers him a donation of $4 million dollars. There are, however, certain conditions… Not only must Jacob return to Denmark, he must also take part in the wedding of Jørgen’s daughter. The wedding proves to be a critical juncture between past and future and catapults Jacob into the most intense dilemma of his life.
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